Sony HDR-TG5 Manual

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Sa
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vies and phot
os with a c
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Saving movies and photos with a computer
Preparing a computer
(Windows)
You can perform following operations using 
“PMB (Picture Motion Browser).”
Importing images to a computer
Viewing and editing imported images
Creating a disc
Uploading movies and photos to websites
To save movies and photos using a 
computer, install “PMB” from the supplied 
CD-ROM beforehand.
Do not format the internal memory of your 
camcorder from a computer. Your camcorder 
may not operate correctly.
This camcorder captures high definition footage 
in the AVCHD format. Using the enclosed 
PC software, high definition footage can be 
copied onto DVD media. However, DVD media 
containing AVCHD footage should not be used 
with DVD based players or recorders, as the 
DVD player/recorder may fail to eject the media 
and may erase its contents without warning.
Step 1  Checking the computer 
system
OS*
1
Microsoft Windows XP SP3*
2
/Windows Vista 
SP1*
3



CPU
Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or faster (Intel 
Pentium 4 3.6 GHz or faster, Intel Pentium D 
2.8 GHz or faster, Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz or 
faster, or Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66 GHz or faster 
is recommended.)
However, Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or faster is 
sufficient for the following operations:
Importing the movies and photos to the 
computer
One Touch Disc Burn
Creating an Blu-ray disc/AVCHD format 
disc/DVD-video (Intel Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz 
or faster, is required when creating a DVD 
video by converting high definition image 
quality (HD) to standard definition image 
quality (SD).)
Copying a disc

Application
DirectX 9.0c or later (This product is based 
on DirectX technology. It is necessary to have 
DirectX installed.)
Memory
For Windows XP: 512 MB or faster (1 GB or 
more is recommended.) 
However, 256 MB or more is sufficient for 
processing only the movies with standard 
definition image quality (SD).
For Windows Vista: 1 GB or more
Internal memory
Disk volume required for installation: 
Approximately 500 MB (10 GB or more may 
be necessary when creating AVCHD format 
discs. 50 GB maximum may be necessary 
when creating Blu-ray discs.)
Display
Minimum 1,024 × 768 dots
Others
USB port (this must be provided as standard, 
Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 compatible)), Blu-
ray disc/DVD burner (CD-ROM drive is 
necessary for installation) Either NTFS or 
exFAT file system is recommended as the 
hard disk file system.
Operation with all computer environments is 
not assured.